K-pop group BigBang is planning on a comeback after a four-year hiatus.
"BigBang will drop a new song in the coming spring. The group has completed its recording for the new song and is going to film a music video for the song," the group's agency, YG Entertainment, said in a press statement.
BigBang, which was formed in 2006, initially had five members. Currently, it functions as a four-member group comprising T.O.P, G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung.
Disgraced star Seungri is no longer with the group nor YG Entertainment. According to Yonhap, the 31-year-old is currently serving his term in a military prison after being sentenced to a three-year prison term on nine charges, including prostitution mediation and overseas gambling, in August last year.
There's a twist to BigBang's comeback as YG Entertainment also released a statement saying that T.O.P will be leaving the agency after 16 years.
“T.O.P’s exclusive contract with YG has ended, and he will be taking on a wide variety of new challenges as both an artiste and an entrepreneur.
“We respected T.O.P’s desire to broaden the scope of his individual activities aside from just his promotions with BigBang, and he successfully came to an agreement about this with the other members.
“As long as the conditions are right, (T.O.P) will always participate in BigBang’s activities whenever he is able,” YG Entertainment said.
T.O.P was also embroiled in a controversy several years ago. The rapper received a suspended prison sentence for smoking weed in 2017.
Meanwhile, Taeyang and his wife, actress Min Hyo-rin – who married in 2018 – welcomed their first child in December 2021.
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